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Abandoned Housing - Housing Development (Control & Licensing)

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ZCZB6013 LAW & ETHICS

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (CONTROL & LICENSING ACT 1966 (ACT 118) & REGULATION

ABANDONED HOUSING PROJECTS AND PURCHASERS’ RIGHTS

(DR. JADY@ZAIDI HASSIM)

SUFFIAN MD. ISA
ZP01299
SUFFIAN MD. ISA
ZP01299

Introduction
House – everyone needs one. Though some of us consider house as an investment, there are people out there that regards house as their needs, necessity and act as a shelter to their family.
Abandoned housing project in Malaysia has caused problems to the purchasers. Some of them were declared bankrupt, and many still have to serve and pay to the financiers even though the actual fact that there was no house for them. Sometimes, what was left on the so-call “proposed develop land” are …show more content…

And these purchasers need protection whether the sites are sold before or contemporaneously with and after completion of the houses.
Though it has been highlighted and emphasized that the act is suppose to protect the homebuyer, particularly in the case of abandoned housing, it seems like at the end of the day, the purchasers will be chased for the failure that was caused by this developer.”

“[The Act] is clearly designed to protect purchasers from developers. And these purchasers need protection whether the sites are sold before or contemporaneously with and after completion of the houses.
Though it has been highlighted and emphasized that the act is suppose to protect the homebuyer, particularly in the case of abandoned housing, it seems like at the end of the day, the purchasers will be chased for the failure that was caused by this developer.”

Purchaser’s Protection from unscrupulous developers
If one were to read and understand the act, it does not mention that purchasers can inspect the completed unit before vacant possession. This left purchaser with no other choices but to trust the developer entirely. However, to ensure that the purchasers’ rights are always protected, in the Schedule G and H of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulation 1989, it is mentioned: -
1) Clause 13 in respect of ‘materials and workmanship to conform to description’;
2) Clause 22

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